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  • WorldReuters

    Mexican state pledges compensation for stage collapse victims

    Samuel Garcia said on social media that 144 patients had been discharged and 36 remain hospitalized. Hospitalized victims would receive 100,000 pesos each "until their recovery or discharge", Garcia said. Jorge Alvarez Maynez, the presidential candidate for the centrist Citizens' Movement party, said on X that all the injured were stable.

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  • WorldBBC

    Wreckage of US World War 2 submarine found after 80 years

    The USS Harder sank Japanese ships in audacious missions during the war.

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  • BusinessReuters

    Analysis-Battle for Anglo's copper assets tests BHP's resolve as deadline looms

    BHP's resolve to add more copper to its portfolio will be tested by Anglo American investors' demands for a simpler offer for the whole company or a cash sweetener to clinch a deal that could become the biggest in mining history. The Australian miner is battling to secure Anglo's world class and longer-life copper assets in Latin America.

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  • PoliticsHuffPost

    George Conway Taunts Donald Trump With Bruising Billboard In 'Perfect Location'

    The conservative attorney hoped the mocking message amuses the former president "as much as it amuses me."

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  • WorldReuters

    In Russia at war, kids swap classroom for shooting range

    With other pupils, he got to try out the weapons as part of basic military training - a feature of the school programme that was dropped in the final years of the Soviet Union but has been reintroduced since the start of Russia's war in Ukraine. In the southern city of Vladikavkaz this month teenage boys in camouflage uniform took turns at firing weapons and practising first aid under the eye of instructors. Military service is compulsory for young men in Russia, whose war in Ukraine is now we

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  • WorldAFP

    Norway struggles to keep ultra-rich tempted by exile

    You can check out -- but you still have to pay!To pay a wealth tax which can exceed their yearly income, entrepreneurs often need to take out dividends, hampering their company's capacity to invest.

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  • USThe Times Herald

    Marysville plans for half-mill property tax increase next year

    Currently, the city levels 16.11 mills, which hasn't been raised since 2006. The half mill added would produce $235,000, earmarked for public safety in the city's general fund.

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